18 people were injured by falling blocks and had to be hospitalized.
Mount Kanlaon erupted on Saturday, blanketing several barangays in La Carlota and Bago cities in Negros Occidental with ash, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said.
Kanlaon Volcano last erupted in June 2016. It is the highest point in Negros, as well as the whole Visayas, with an elevation of 2,465 m (8,087 ft) above sea level. On August 10, 1996, a group of 24 mountain climbers were on the summit of the volcano when Kanlaon suddenly erupted without any warning killing British student Julian Green and Filipinos Noel Tragico and Neil Perez, who were trapped near the summit.
Canlaon (Kanlaon) vulkaan, Negros Island ... 1996 phreatic eruption with 3 fatalities A phreatic explosion at Canlaon volcano on 10 August 1996 killed 3 people who were at the summit when the explosion happened. Kanlaon Volcano Observatory is located at the campus of La Carlota City College in Bgy. The first eruption was seen as 9 a.m. when the […] Kanlaon is an active stratovolcano on the island of Negros, Philippines. 1996 phreatic eruption with 3 fatalities A phreatic explosion at Canlaon volcano on 10 August 1996 killed 3 people who were at the summit when the explosion happened. The volcano straddles the provinces of Negros Occidental and Negros Oriental, approximately 30 km (19 mi) southeast of Bacolod, the capital and most populous city of Negros Occidental and the whole island. 18 people were injured by falling blocks and had to be hospitalized. Cubay, La Carlota City in Negros Occidental province. It is the highest point in Negros, as well as the whole Visayas, with an elevation of 2,465 m (8,087 ft) above sea level. Kanlaon is a stratovolcano in the north central part of the island of Negros. Ash fall was experienced in several barangays in Negros Occidental after the steam-driven eruption. The eruption plume reached as high as 3281 ft (1000m). On 2 January people in Hinigaran is getting sick. On August 10, 1996, ... On December 27, 2015, an ash eruption occurred at Kanlaon's active crater. 1996 Kanlaon Incident. The Phivolcs said a series of steam and ash eruptions occurred at the volcano’s crater yesterday morning.
Kanlaon Volcano in Negros erupts By Eimor P. Santos, CNN Philippines. Kanlaon (Hiligaynon: Bulkan sang Kanlaon; Cebuano: Bulkan sa Kanlaon; Spanish: Volcán de Canlaon, Malaspina), also spelled as Kanla-on or sometimes Canlaon, is an active stratovolcano on the island of Negros, Philippines. It has two summit cones, each with a crater.This photo looks west across northern Negros. It spewed ash of about 1,312 ft (400 m) to the sky. Light ashfall were reported in some barangays near Kanlaon Volcano. Silay, a Holocene stratovolcano is the northern most cone on the island (obscured by clouds). Published Jun 18, 2016 6:07:34 AM ... Phivolcs on Mt. Mandalagan, also a Holocene stratovolcano, has a small plume on clouds off its summit to the southeast (to the bottom left).